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Client control and equipment use: Ask Andy Answers

Ever wonder if paying for your own equipment as a contractor is an indicator of IR35 status? Or perhaps you’ve…

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Status Determinations and Public Sector work: Ask Andy Answers

With the private sector IR35 reforms only two months away (and with little chance of being delayed again), Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax,…

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Will IR35 be the end of contracting?

IR35 is very nearly here. For real, this time. With the coronavirus vaccination programme rolling out through the UK, it’s…

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How IR35 could affect the UK contracting economy

Once the dust settles and we (hopefully) come out of the third national lockdown, the main focus on the UK contracting economy will once…

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Case Study: When will HMRC ride in tandem with the rest of us?

In the recent case of Mr Chris Townsend v Bikeworks CIC, Chris Townsend, a qualified cycle instructor, claimed he was unfairly dismissed by Bikeworks, a social…

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Complicated working environments: Ask Andy Answers

While Andy Vessey was taking a well-earned break over Christmas, Kingsbridge’s other resident IR35 expert, Matt Tyler, was standing in. Normally, our Ask Andy questions…

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How to check your IR35 status

As we take tentative steps into 2021, many contractors are focusing their energy on coronavirus and getting through the UK’s…

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Disputing determinations and larger end clients: Ask Andy Answers

It seems like only last month we heard the Chancellor delay the IR35 reforms for another year, but that was…

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The Kingsbridge Status Tool vs. CEST: Ask Andy Answers

Andy Vessey, Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, has been working with IR35 legislation for more than two decades, successfully defending hundreds…

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Right of substitution: Ask Andy Answers

As we hurtle towards 2021, the IR35 reforms suddenly seem an awful lot closer. If you’re in the midst of…

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Eamonn Holmes vs HMRC on IR35: What’s happened so far?

The IR35 case around Eamonn Holmes started way back in 2018, and it doesn’t look set to end any time…

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Contract clauses: Ask Andy Answers

This week one of your questions for Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, acts as a sort of case study on what…

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CEST and Right of Substitution: Ask Andy Answers

Do you have a burning question around the upcoming private sector IR35 reforms? Has CEST got you baffled? Don’t know…

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I’m an IT contractor. How can I get ready for the IR35 reform?

Unless you’ve been living in an underwater cave with no WiFi for the last few months, you’ve probably heard that the private…

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IR35? What if I’m found inside?

One of the biggest worries contractors have about the IR35 reform scheduled for April 2021 is what happens if an end client completes…